He was accompanied by a Mamluk named Rukn ad-Din Baibars and Shajar al-Durr and their son Khalil | Like all mausolea, it stood as a visible sign whose express purpose was to preserve the memory of its occupant for eternity |
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Then, Aybak, fearing the growing power of the Salihiyya Mamluks who, with Shajar al-Durr, had installed him as a Sultan, had their leader Faris ad-Din Aktai murdered | In Egypt there was also objection from people who did not like Shajar al-Durr allowing Louis IX to depart from Egypt alive• The Syrian Emirs were asked to pay homage to Shajar al-Durr but they refused and the Sultan's deputy in Al Karak rebelled against Cairo |
She concealed Sultanate affairs from Aybak; she also prevented him from seeing his other wife and insisted that he should divorce her.
20Zaki, Mohamed Tohamy 26 February 2019 | Shajar al-Durr and the servants were arrested and Aybak's Mamluks the Mu'iziyya Mamluks wanted to kill her, but the Salihiyya Mamluks protected her and she was taken to the Red Tower where she stayed |
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Her naked body was found lying outside the Citadel | According to Ibn Taghri, Shajar al-Durr asked Izz ad-Din Aybak al-Halabi and Emir Jamal ad-Din Ibn Aydghodi to take over the power but both refused |
It was believed that , the informed As-Salih Ayyub about Louis's plan.
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